JBEI Researchers Develop New Genetic Engineering Tool for Biofuel Crops
August 20, 2014http://newscenter.lbl.gov/2014/07/28/new-tool-for-characterizing-plant-sugar-transporters-developed-at-joint-bioenergy-institute/
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A new genetic engineering tool for biofuel crops has been developed by researchers of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI).
The JBEI, a multi-institutional partnership led by Berkeley Laboratory researchers, have developed a method that enables scientists to identify and characterize the function of nucleotide sugar transporters. These sugar transporters are vital in the biosynthesis of cell walls.
"Our unique assay enabled us to analyze nucleotide sugar transporter activities in Arabidopsis and characterize a family of six nucleotide sugar transporters that has never before been described," says Henrik Scheller, the leader of JBEI's Feedstocks Division and a leading authority on cell wall biosynthesis.
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